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Genesis 19:24 KJV
Genesis · chapter 19 · verse 24
Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;Genesis 19:24 · King James Version
Genesis 19:24 in context
22Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
23The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
24Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
25And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
26But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
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- brimstonegophrîythproperly, cypress-resinH1614 →
- GomorrahʻĂmôrâhAmorah, a place in PalestineH6017 →
- rainedmâṭarto rainH4305 →
- SodomÇᵉdômSedom, a place near the Dead SeaH5467 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- fireʼêshfireH784 →
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Then, when Lot had got safely into Zoar, then this ruin came; for good men are taken away from the evil to come. Then, when the sun had risen bright and clear, promising a fair day, then this storm arose, to show that it was not from natural causes. Concerning this destruction observe, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 24-25